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22nd January 2021 - 11:00 GMT | by Cem Devrim Yaylalı in Istanbul RSS A new type of fast attack craft will be built domestically for the Turkish Naval Forces. Work is under way in Turkey to implement an ambitious naval modernisation programme as a means of asserting its sovereignty and projecting power in the Mediterranean — but until now insufficient attention has been paid to the need for modern fast attack craft (FAC). Turkey arguably must regard the procurement ... Wa...

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British authorities earlier this month. theyve vowed to retaliate and have done that and made a big show of it as well by releasing those images on iranian state television showing the fast attack craft, the revolutionary guard surrounding the tanker and also for images of what appear to be iranian special forces lowering themselves from a helicopter hovering above the ship by rope on to the deck of the tanker to take control of it. also the language the iranians have used very much mirrors the ...

And it was driven into what appeared to be iranian territorial waters. another british tanker was attempting through the straight and the little fast attack craft tried to drive that ship, that tanker into territorial waters. it was trailing three miles behind. drive those iranian boats away. and without any kind of a problem. what were trying to figure out is exactly what is going on with the sailors. the company that seemed to own the ship is saying theres about two dozen of them on board. wer...

Because as the president mentioned, he said that this iranian drone as he says was within a thousand yards of the u.s.s. boxer and that there was multiple calls to safety. he wasnt specifically as to how many. but what is the process there? >> reporter: so, we frequently see iranian aircraft and more frequently iranian boats, what the u.s. military calls these little fast attack craft that come within a close range and make often what could be considered dangerous moves around u.s. military ship...

Tensions here have been escalating for weeks. just last month, four tankers were targeted in these same seas in a coordinated series of explosions that crippled the ships. the u.s. blamed iran for those attacks, too, accusations tehran has vehemently denied. the united arab emirates foreign minister called the attacks "a worrying and dangerous escalation." they all took place near the strait of hormuz, where almost a third of the worlds oil supplies shipped by sea pass through the narrow waterwa...

Were found in the room. another possible clue has surfaced in the search for a missing argentine submarine. a burst of sound was detected near the subs last known location. authorities say it may have been an explosion. the "san juan" disappeared eight days ago with 44 crew members on board. it can remain submerged up to 10 days before the oxygen runs out. a.a.a. estimates more than 45 million americans will be on the roads this holiday weekend. the police are looking not only for drunchen drive...

Of a disturbing trend of mishaps and ordered a comprehensive review of operations. sunday night, the u.s.s. "john s. mccain collided with an oil tanker off singapore. today, we learned the names of one sailor who was killed and nine others who are missing. divers recovered the remains of 22-year-old kenneth aaron smith of cherry hill, new jersey. still missing are kevin bushell, 26, of gaithersburg, maryland. dustin doyon, also 26, of sheffield, connecticut. jacob drake, 21, from cable, ohio. 23...